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Gate Research Weekly Report: BTC saw a strong rebound followed by a period of consolidation at higher levels over the past day. ETH quickly reversed after dipping to $2,719.28 on December 2 and continued to set new local highs during the subsequent rally. Gate recently listed TRADOOR spot and perpetual contracts, with the token surging more than 170% in 24 hours. The Ethereum Fusaka upgrade is progressing smoothly; Web3 project registrations in the Cayman Islands have surged; and PayPal’s PYUSD stablecoin has seen substantial growth. Kalshi and Polymarket recorded nearly $10 billion in combined trading volume in November, marking their strongest month on record. ENA, LINEA, and BB are scheduled to unlock approximately $50.92 million, $12.75 million, and $2.51 million worth of tokens, respectively, over the next seven days.

Gate Research: On December 4th, BTC consolidated at a high level around the $94k mark after a deep V-shaped rebound. ETH, driven by the dual catalysts of the Fusaka upgrade implementation and macro expectations repair, strongly led the rally. Technically, its three moving averages show a bullish divergence, suggesting a potential continued push toward the $3.3k level. Exchange token GT steadily trended up, following the warming market sentiment. In the mid-to-small capitalization sector, Tradoor (derivatives), BOB (Bitcoin scaling narrative), and SAPIEN (decentralized AI data network) were the top gainers, boosted by factors such as listing incentives, a short squeeze by Korean capital, and the recovery of the AI and robotics tracks, respectively. Regarding hotspots, the Ethereum Fusaka upgrade releases new space for Layer 2 and on-chain scaling. The significant year-on-year increase in Cayman Islands Web3 Foundation registrationsreflects a trend toward compliance, while the PayPal stablecoin PYUSD is expandi

This report highlights that x402 is redefining internet semantics by shifting from the traditional “Request → Response” model to a new financial primitive of “Request → On-chain Atomic Settlement → Revenue Distribution.” This transformation enables native payment settlement and automated revenue splitting, positioning x402 as the execution layer for PayFi and machine-to-machine (M2M) payments. Over the past month, x402 processed more than 47 million transactions with an average value of under one dollar, signaling rapid demand growth yet still far from penetrating high-value commercial use cases. The ecosystem shows strong early concentration: Base chain consistently captures over 60% of market share, while major players such as Coinbase, Cloudflare, and Gate are accelerating infrastructure-level adoption. Short-term value continues to be driven by leading facilitators, whereas long-term potential hinges on whether x402 can establish a cross-chain revenue settlement network capable of powering per-use payment